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REVIEW: Invincible Iron Man #23, Red Robin #9, Siege #2
Posted in DC, Events, Iron Man, Marvel, ReviewsOh look! We finally have a comic review that actually gets published on time! Well, whaddaya know! This has been a pretty rockin’ week, so protect your faces, because Sentry’s going to punch your teeth in if you don’t behave!
And now, on to the reviews! Read the rest of this entry »
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Now that the decade is about to end, the Comicgasm staff will walk you through the worst comics of 2000-2009 and why they suck.
Ultimatum is what happens when you get Magneto to reverse the magnetic poles, flood New York, and practically kill half the superhuman population. He’s killing people because A ROBOT WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SCARLET WITCH KILLED HER, SPARKING A BATTLE THAT ULTIMATELY KILLED QUICKSLIVER TOO. Everybody goes crazy and THEY KILL ONE ANOTHER IN THE BLOODIEST, MESSIEST, AND CRAPPIEST WAY POSSIBLE because this is a realistic world and it’s grim and gritty, right? Also, throw in some characters who EAT CORPSES JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT even though they’ve never shown any signs of cannibalism before. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hello there boys and girls! This is RJ and Ade reporting once more with another joint post! As any comic book geek worth his or her salt knows, yesterday just so happened to be the most important day to any comic enthusiast, especially the ones with a fondness for local comics. Yesterday was KomiKon 2009! Huzzah!
[RJ: Okay Ade, that opening paragraph was just horrible, you see. It's fucking cheesy. That is one big-ass run on sentence. Also, it came off as a bit gay.
ADE: What- whatever RJ, you get to have your name first in the introduction even though I wrote that shit. Fag.]
<this is the part where you write something, RJ>
Okay, so the Comicgasm crew [that’s me and three other guys… wut] and I [The only one who actually went to Komikon... wut] will be doing a week-long event to commemorate our local komiks[and hopefully get free stuff from them... wut].
Also, even though Ade wasn’t able to attend the said event, he was able to lay his grubby hands on a copy of Go-Beerkada. Aside from the obligatory half-assed review (something the Comicgasm crew should totally stop Ade from doing), [ ADE: GODDAMMIT RJ WHAT ARE YOU INSERTING IN MY BEAUTIFUL PARAGRAPH NO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR DICK] he’s also going to talk at length about how a friend of his embarassed himself in front of Lyndon Gregorio [RJ: WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR FRIEND WE'RE DOING COMICS HERE NOT REAL LIFE OKAY IT'S MY TURN]
Ok, before we drive all our readers away… We’ve decided to make several Komikon-related posts and reviews. Here’s what’s gonna happen in the next few days :
- RJ will write about cosplay [Correction, Costrip. THERE WAS NO COSPLAY EVENT! DAMN WEEABOOS!], about the event itself and will review Kubori Kikiam and Kiko Machine
- Fiel and David will be reviewing Trese: Mass Murders and Bayan Knights #3 [FIEL & DAVID: Um, we are? Wait, we don't even have Wave accounts! How is this even possible!]
- And Ade, the something something of the something something <insert penis joke here>, will be reviewing Go-Beerkada and Komikero Anthology #3
- Up next should totally be a closing paragraph.
So yeah, people. Please do enjoy as we take you to a crazy ride through KomiKon week! Also, if the entry’s schizoprenic nature is confusing you, please note that this was the first-ever Comicgasm post written in Google Wave! Yep, what you are reading right is now a little piece of comic book blogging history. [RJ: Comic book blogging history? Is there even such a thing? ADE: I'm winging it here, man.]
And before we end up killing each other this post, we’d like to thank the Komikon organizers for making this event happen! See you next year!
P.S. I think we’ve confused the reader well enough.
P.P.S. Stop dicking around in Wave, Ade RJ.
P.P.P.S. MABUHAY ANG PEKPEK!
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Why my wallet hates me: Planet X Anniversary, Komikon 09 and Comic Quest 3-Day Sale
Posted in Events, Indie, Real Life stuffI’ve been emo and single for the past 5 days, only reason I’m posting is because Ade and Fiel threatened to steal my alcohol collection if I dont(they know where I live). But I realized that there’s no better way to keep my state of denial than distracting myself with geeky hobbies(and alcohol). And what do we have here? THREE comic book events this weekend? Why must you do this to me? WHY?
Due to Typhoon Pepeng, this event has been postponed and moved to 17 October 2009 with same time schedule. I’ll be wearing my Red Lantern shirt, feel free to invade my personal space.
- October 18, 2009
- 10 am – 9pm
- Megatrade Hall 1, 5th Level Bldg. B, SM Megamall
- Ticket Price: P80.00
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So I have my comic book stash for the week ready, but I just can’t do my reviews just yet. Too lazy. So instead of making some half-assed review that’ll probably incite some nerd rage, let me just plug this event for you instead:
Yeah, Black Market EX. Personally, I’m not a toy collector (not that I don’t want to be one, but it’s an expensive hobby and I might have to let go of a girl or two from my harem because of the expenses) but I could see by now that it’s going to be pretty freaking sweet. Read the rest of this entry »
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This was supposed to be a Best and Worst Cosplay post, but I realized that two things: 1. Finding clear pictures of those undesirables would be very hard, since uhh, why would anyone take pictures of them? 2. I wanted to burn your eyes, but I’d have to burn my eyes all over again to do that.
So fuck it, here’s the best cosplay of Metro Comic Con. According to me, of course. Didn’t stay long enough to find out who won, didn’t really care.(but someone PLEASE tell me the watchmen group won plz plz plz)
Images arranged by filename. Slightly resized, click for full resolution. Hover over the images for the captions. Here we go:
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My Metro Comic Con Experience: Stages of Melodrama
Posted in Anime, Comicpeoples, Events, Real Life stuff, ToysI know you’re all expecting my Best and Worst Cosplay post so you can ogle at scantily clad teenagers, but I’m experiencing Internet problems(read: forgot to pay the bills again) so I made this post while leeching wifi from various establishments.
So here’s the MCC experience from the defective eyes of yours truly:
DAY 1
Shock and Horror
You reach the 5th floor of SM Megamall and the first thing you see is a man dressed as a gothic lolita. ’nuff said. Near the ticket booth are animu characters that you don’t recognize; no complaints about them, manga = comics after all. And then you realize half of them are actually men(I am not homophobic, except maybe in cons). Oh, and more gothic lolitas.
Rage and Despair
You enter the megatrade hall, expecting to see your favorite superheroes. Only to find.. You’ve guessed it, more gothic lolitas! You try your best to look for any western/local comic book characters but end up seeing a man in a school girl outfit.
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Imagine…
A Comic Con without a lot of comics…
Imagine…
Tons of bad program management laced with even worse cosplaying… (I’m only homophobic in cosplay events.)
But at the center of it all, stood a humble post with a couple of bubbly people – Milch & Lawrence. They were just quietly doing their thing – attending to curious customers, being annoyed at me because I couldn’t afford anything, etc.
Unknowingly, they brought us HOPE.
In two ways:
1. They had a statue of the Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) in the middle! In my humble opinion, there were too many Anime-holics whereas characters like Hal should have been in the limelight.
I mean seriously, its either we don’t have enough true comic fans, or they get scared away because of things like this:
SERIOUSLY. These characters aren’t even in Manga. (among other reasons)
2. I AM NINOY.
Ok this is the much more serious part.
23 years ago, Senator Ninoy Aquino died a hero.
A few days ago we saw the death his wife, Former President Corazon Aquino.
Common factor? HOPE.
Imagine Nation Studios brings to life via these sculptures the heroes we know and love.
Well this will be basically unpaid advertising, but if you want to obtain / have custom-made / take a look at / bother the people who make these things, go to their multiply here.
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Okay, so the Comicgasm crew (that’s me and two other guys… what) just came back from the Metro Comic-Con last weekend, and we’re still not finished collecting our thoughts. Okay, we’re actually trying to steal some pictures off Multiply and Flickr, but whatever.
Anyway, I just went to day 1, and I had a blast. Lots of geek stuff, hot cosplaying women who turned out to be underage PLS TO NOT SIC THE COPS ON ME, and scantily-dressed women bending over to a statue of Ultimate Captain America.
